Collin Murr
@collinmurr.bsky.social
Writer. I host game shows sometimes.
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On an upcoming episode of The Order of Things, find out who Americans believe in most! If you'd like to be a contestant, send me a DM.
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Had a dream last night that a tour company was offering Gen AI videos of clients enjoying vacation experiences before they traveled, as a form of advertising/upselling.
I got angry and refused to look at the videos, because even while asleep, I clearly have no time for generative slop.
I got angry and refused to look at the videos, because even while asleep, I clearly have no time for generative slop.
January 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Had a dream last night that a tour company was offering Gen AI videos of clients enjoying vacation experiences before they traveled, as a form of advertising/upselling.
I got angry and refused to look at the videos, because even while asleep, I clearly have no time for generative slop.
I got angry and refused to look at the videos, because even while asleep, I clearly have no time for generative slop.
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It's been said by a whole lot of people, but it bears repeating: if ICE is willing to murder people on a livestream and lie about it, imagine what's going on at the concentration camps.
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
It's been said by a whole lot of people, but it bears repeating: if ICE is willing to murder people on a livestream and lie about it, imagine what's going on at the concentration camps.
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Someone was shot in a home invasion in my suburb and the city had to promptly put out: we are aware of the shooting, the suspects are in custody, it’s not ICE.
Which is not something I’ve seen before.
Which is not something I’ve seen before.
January 25, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Someone was shot in a home invasion in my suburb and the city had to promptly put out: we are aware of the shooting, the suspects are in custody, it’s not ICE.
Which is not something I’ve seen before.
Which is not something I’ve seen before.
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Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
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Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
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Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.
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ARE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO CARRY OR NOT. ARE WE ALLOWED TO PROTEST OR NOT.
These rights have always been "protected" with a BIG Ol' honkin asterisk depending on who you are.
These rights have always been "protected" with a BIG Ol' honkin asterisk depending on who you are.
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
ARE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO CARRY OR NOT. ARE WE ALLOWED TO PROTEST OR NOT.
These rights have always been "protected" with a BIG Ol' honkin asterisk depending on who you are.
These rights have always been "protected" with a BIG Ol' honkin asterisk depending on who you are.
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there is no centrist solution to ICE
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 PM
there is no centrist solution to ICE
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So, hey, like...with all the S*scha Riley stuff, it's probably time for someone to start digging into the weird relationships that Mike Johnson, Clarence Thomas, and Matt Gaetz all have with their adopted "sons," yeah? That is a weird, weird pattern with Republican men. Just. saying.
January 24, 2026 at 12:23 AM
So, hey, like...with all the S*scha Riley stuff, it's probably time for someone to start digging into the weird relationships that Mike Johnson, Clarence Thomas, and Matt Gaetz all have with their adopted "sons," yeah? That is a weird, weird pattern with Republican men. Just. saying.
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This Wednesday, it's my episode on the first 3 silent Christmas Carol adaptations! One of them is completely lost, but there is a detailed scene-by-scene description, so I'll be talking about it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This Wednesday, it's my episode on the first 3 silent Christmas Carol adaptations! One of them is completely lost, but there is a detailed scene-by-scene description, so I'll be talking about it.
It's so funny that they wrote a new song for the second half of Wicked just so it could get a Best Original Song nomination, and it lost out to a Diane Warren song from a Diane Warren documentary that no one has heard of.
January 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
It's so funny that they wrote a new song for the second half of Wicked just so it could get a Best Original Song nomination, and it lost out to a Diane Warren song from a Diane Warren documentary that no one has heard of.
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I would like to know why democratic politicians consistently use the word “violence” to describe protestors actions against unprovoked attacks, and not “self-defense.”
January 22, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I would like to know why democratic politicians consistently use the word “violence” to describe protestors actions against unprovoked attacks, and not “self-defense.”
I imagine No Other Choice got snubbed because voters assumed it was a “None of These Candidates” option
January 22, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I imagine No Other Choice got snubbed because voters assumed it was a “None of These Candidates” option
Delroy Lindo, one of the best to ever do it, finally has an Oscar nomination.
‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
January 22, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Delroy Lindo, one of the best to ever do it, finally has an Oscar nomination.
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But have you considered how funny it would be if F1 won?
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
But have you considered how funny it would be if F1 won?
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Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, post the second sentence
"The words are purely imaginary."
-Mary Beard, in SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, writing how Sallust penned a deliberate misquote, so his account wryly has Cicero's greatest enemy (Cataline) speaking Cicero's most famous slogan
"The words are purely imaginary."
-Mary Beard, in SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, writing how Sallust penned a deliberate misquote, so his account wryly has Cicero's greatest enemy (Cataline) speaking Cicero's most famous slogan
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, post the second sentence
"The Significance of Critical-Utopian Socialism and Communism bears an inverse relation to historical development."
--from The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx
"The Significance of Critical-Utopian Socialism and Communism bears an inverse relation to historical development."
--from The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx
pick up the nearest book. turn to page 42, post the second sentence
“But did my first oyster fresh from the bassin in twenty-eight years do it for me? Did it transport me immediately to some culinary version of Elysian Fields, as i’d hoped?”
from “A Cook’s Tour”, by Anthony Bourdain.
“But did my first oyster fresh from the bassin in twenty-eight years do it for me? Did it transport me immediately to some culinary version of Elysian Fields, as i’d hoped?”
from “A Cook’s Tour”, by Anthony Bourdain.
January 21, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, post the second sentence
"The words are purely imaginary."
-Mary Beard, in SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, writing how Sallust penned a deliberate misquote, so his account wryly has Cicero's greatest enemy (Cataline) speaking Cicero's most famous slogan
"The words are purely imaginary."
-Mary Beard, in SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, writing how Sallust penned a deliberate misquote, so his account wryly has Cicero's greatest enemy (Cataline) speaking Cicero's most famous slogan
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"ALVIN!"
"Shut up, Leonard!"
January 21, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"ALVIN!"
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This seems legit.
January 22, 2026 at 3:23 AM
This seems legit.
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Donald Trump is very mad that @mark-carney.bsky.social is making him learn difficult words!
Full (new!) video: youtu.be/kepeE4x6Dlw?...
Full (new!) video: youtu.be/kepeE4x6Dlw?...
January 21, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Donald Trump is very mad that @mark-carney.bsky.social is making him learn difficult words!
Full (new!) video: youtu.be/kepeE4x6Dlw?...
Full (new!) video: youtu.be/kepeE4x6Dlw?...
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a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
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I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally
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right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out
January 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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Incapable of understanding how "abolish ICE" was silly but arresting 5 year olds is public policy
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Incapable of understanding how "abolish ICE" was silly but arresting 5 year olds is public policy
Writing a John the Baptist movie where an obsessive fan starts a Club Salome
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Writing a John the Baptist movie where an obsessive fan starts a Club Salome